Diagnostic Medical Parasitology

I. Clinically Important Human Parasites; Philosophy and approach to diagnostic parasitology; Intestinal protozoa: amebae; Intestinal protozoa: flagellates and ciliates; Intestinal protozoa (coccidia and microsporidia) and algae; Protozoa from other body sites; Tissue protozoa; Malaria and Babesia spp. ; Leishmaniasis; Trypanosomiasis; Intestinal nematodes; Tissue nematodes; Filarial nematodes; Intestinal cestodes; Tissue cestodes: larval forms; Intestinal trematodes; Liver and lung trematodes; Blood trematodes: schistosomes; Unusual parasitic infections; Parasitic infections in the immunocompromised host; Nosocomial and laboratory-acquired parasitic infections; Immunology of parasitic infections; Antibody and antigen detection in parasitic infections; Histologic identification of parasites; Medically important arthropods; Treatment of parasitic infections; II. Diagnostic Procedures; Collection, preservation and shipment of fecal specimens; Macroscopic and microscopic examination of fecal specimens; Additional techniques for stool examination; Examination of other specimens from the intestinal tract and the urogenital system; Sputum, aspirates and biopsy material; Procedures for detecting blood parasites; Parasite recovery: culture methods, animal inoculation and xenodiagnosis; Fixation and special preparation of fecal parasite specimens and arthropods; Artifacts that can be confused with parasitic organisms; Equipment, supplies, safety, and quality assurance recommendations for a diagnostic parasitology laboratory: factors influencing future laboratory pratice; Appendixes; Information tables; Flowcharts for diagnostic procedures; Common problems in parasite identification; Quality control recording sheets; Commercial supplies and suppliers; Reference sources; Colour plates of diagnostic stages of humen parasites; "Late breaking" published information; Glossary ; Index